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Terraria 1.4.5 — dubbed the Bigger and Boulder Update — is finally here, and it’s welcoming in thousands of new and returning players alike.
According to SteamDB, up until the new update, Terraria averaged around 20-30,000 players at any one time, with the occasional spike in interest when new content dropped over the years.
1.4.5, however, has seen one of the biggest spikes in over a decade, hitting a release day peak of almost 165,000 players on Valve’s platform. This is second only to the release of Update 1.4 in May 2020, although that coincided with lockdown, of course, which gave millions of gamers around the world a little more time to play.
The true number of players will be even higher, given Terraria is also available on console and mobile, and 1.4.5 was released across platforms at the same time. The console and mobile makers do not make player numbers public.
“So, ‘Bigger & Boulder!’, why ‘Bigger & Boulder’ you ask? Beyond a good bit of additional content, a lot of effort with this update went into rounding out and expanding on existing experiences,” developer Re-Logic said in a post on Steam. “Things like making inventory management and
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